The final volume of the Complete Works, Miscellanies, gathers together a diverse and unrelated selection of lectures and essays. Of particular importance is "The Lord’s Supper," Emerson’s final sermon as Junior Minister of the Second Church in Boston. Also of interest is the "Historical Discourse in Concord," which traces the important history of the town in American history. Also, "The Fugitive Slave Law" represents Emerson’s emergence as an active participant in the anti-slavery movement in America.
XVIII EDITORS’ ADDRESS MASSACHUSETTS QUARTERLY REVIEW, DECEMBER, 1847 THE old men studied magic in the flowers, And human fortunes in astronomy, And an omnipotence in chemistry, Preferring things to names, for these were men, Were unitarians of the united world,…
HARVARD COMMEMORATION SPEECH JULY 21, 1865 ” ‘ Old classmate, say Do you remember our Commencement Day ? Were we such boys as these at twenty ? ‘ Nay, God called them to a nobler task than ours, And gave…
XV ABRAHAM LINCOLN REMARKS AT THE FUNERAL SERVICES HELD IN CONCORD, APRIL 19, 1865 ” NATURE, they say, doth dote, And cannot make a man Save on some worn-out plan, Repeating us by rote: For him her Old-World moulds aside…
XIV THE EMANCIPATION PROCLAMATION AN ADDRESS DELIVERED IN BOSTON IN SEPTEMBER, 1862 TO-DAY unbind the captive, So only are ye unbound; Lift up a people from the dust, Trump of their rescue, sound! Pay ransom to the owner And fill the…
XIII AMERICAN CIVILIZATION To the mizzen, the main, and the fore Up with it once more! – The old tri-color, The ribbon of power, The white, blue and red which the nations adore! It was down at half-mast For a…
XII THEODORE PARKER AN ADDRESS AT THE MEMORIAL MEETING AT THE MUSIC HALL, BOSTON, JUNE 15, 1860 THEODORE PARKER “HERE comes Parker, the Orson of parsons, a man Whom the Church undertook to put under her ban.– There’s a background…
XI JOHN BROWN SPEECH AT SALEM, JANUARY 6, 1860 A MAN there came, whence none could tell, Bearing a touchstone in his hand, And tested all things in the land By its unerring spell. A thousand transformations rose From fair…
X REMARKS AT A MEETING FOR THE RELIEF OF THE FAMILY OF JOHN BROWN, AT TREMONT TEMPLE, BOSTON NOVEMBER 18, 1859 JOHN BROWN “JOHN BROWN in Kansas settled, like a steadfast Yankee farmer, Brave and godly, with four sons-all stalwart…
IX SPEECH AT THE KANSAS RELIEF MEETING IN CAMBRIDGE WEDNESDAY EVENING, SEPTEMBER 10, 1856 Â AND ye shall succor men; ‘T is nobleness to serve; Help them who cannot help again: Beware from right to swerve. SPEECH ON AFFAIRS IN…
VIII THE ASSAULT UPON MR. SUMNER SPEECH AT A MEETING OF THE CITIZENS IN THE TOWN HALL, IN CONCORD, MAY 26, 1856 His erring foe, Self-assured that he prevails, Looks from his victim lying low, And sees aloft the red…